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Thanks for the link, I totally forgot about newegg. I was trying to purchase the WD scorpio drive ATA EIDE or something like that. When I search I should always look for the "ATA-6" type of 2.5inch drive?

I have chosen the Seagate, since it has less power consumption. I hope it works. By the way, my cd-drive of my Laptop does not function so I will have to use the Gateway recovery disc on my desktop PC, while the Seagate 2.5inch HDD is hooked up. Any suggestions on how to do this easily? However, a google search should probably suffice.

Installing Windows on another computer is a pretty "iffy" thing.It will have all of the drivers installed for the unit it's installed on & won't match the laptop.That could cause Windows to fail to start.There is a possibilty thoughInstall on the desktopAfter the install is done go to the Control PanelDouble click the System iconClick on the Hardware tabUninstall the Video,Network Adapter[s], Sound, & USB.DO NOT let the computer restart after any uninstallWhen you are done shut the unit off & remove the hard drive.

1) Uninstall Video,Network Adapter[s], Sound, & USB2) DO NOT let the computer restart after any uninstall3) When you are done, shut the desktop PC off and remove the desktop's HDD4) Put it in the laptop HDD and insert the gateway recovery disc.

I changed the motherboard in this one 3 times without reinstallin XP by doing that .

The last time I wasn't so lucky.

As for the USB question, I*'ve never tried it but you might copy everything that is on the XP disk to a USB drive & get it to boot but I doubt it.[Your unit would have to be set to boot from the USB first]